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Hills, for his high-bred horse Sir Charles. The exhibition of swine 

 and sheep were quite limited, but those presented for competition 

 were of good quality. The swine were principally of the Berk- 

 shire breed; the sheep, Merino and Saxony, South Downs and Lei- 

 cester. For the competition in field crops, but few specimens were 

 exhibited. For the best acre of spring wheat, the first premium was 

 awarded to Nathan Tidd. The wheat was of good quality and pro- 

 duced 32|J bushels per acre. The first premium for the best acre 

 of Indian corn, was given to BicknelL Coman & Co. The quality 

 of the corn was fair, and produced 117f | bushels per acre. There 

 were several small premiums awarded for other field crops, the spe- 

 cimens of which were good. 



The specimens of butter and cheese which were exhibited were of 

 first quality, and were deemed highly meritorious of the premiums 

 which were awarded them. 



Several articles of household manufactures were presented, in 

 which was exhibited industry and good taste, well worthy of the 

 premiums received. 



In farming implements there was no competition. 



The sewing silk and twist presented for examination were good 

 specimens; but five samples were offered, the manufacture of which 

 is quite limited in this county. 



George B. Rowe, 

 President of the Madison Co. Jig. Society. 



Canastoiaj Dec. 26, 1842. 



MONROE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The history of Societies in the county of Monroe, for the improve- 

 ment of the Garden and the Field, is recent and brief. In the years 

 1831, '32 and '33, Horticultural Societies were instituted at Roches- 

 ter, and their influence has had an important effect on the productions 

 of garden vegetables, fruits and flowers, and given an impetus to the 

 spirit of improvement, which has distinguished that city and the 

 neighboring towns over most locations in the Western District, and 

 planted the germ of benefits for unborn generations. 



In the year 1833, an Agricultural Society was formed, of which 

 William Garbutt, of Wheatland, was the presiding ofiScer. Its 

 exhibition was joined with that of the Horticultural Society of that 

 year; but, for the want of proper countenance and support by the 

 public, it did not go off spiritedly, and was not renewed the next year. 



After slumbering for several years, the Society was again revived, 

 in a somewhat different form, under the title of the " Genesee Agri- 

 cultural Society." A meeting of the friends of agriculture was 

 held at the Court House in the city of Rochester, on the 28th of 

 May, 1841, when a Society was organized, embracing a large portion 

 of the western part of the State. 



